List of state leaders in 1775

This is a list of heads of state, heads of governments, and other rulers in the year 1775.

Africa

• Ashanti Confederacy – Osei Kwadwo, Asantehene (1764–1777)
• Kingdom of Dahomey – Kpengla (1774–1789)
• Sultanate of Damagaram –
  1. Tanimoun Babani (1757–1775)
  2. Assafa dan Tanimoun (1775–1782)
• Ethiopian Empire – Tekle Haymanot II (1769–1777)
• Kingdom of Kongo – Álvaro XI of Kongo (1764–1778)
• Ndzuwani – Saidi Ahamd (c. 1741-c. 1782)
• Kingdom of Loango – N'Gangue M'voumbe Makosso (1773–1787)
• Zulu – Jama kaNdaba, King of the Zulu (1763–1781)

Asia

• Durrani Empire – Timur Shah (1772–1793)
• Bikaner State – Gaj Singh, Maharaja of Bikaner (1745–1787)
• Sultanate of Brunei – Omar Ali Saifuddin I (1762–1795)
• China (Qing dynasty) – Qianlong Emperor (1735–1796)
• Hyderabad State – Ali Khan Asaf Jah II, Nizam of Hyderabad (1762–1803)
• Empire of Japan
  • Monarch – Go-Momozono (1771–1779)
  • Tokugawa shogunate – Tokugawa Ieharu (1760–1786)
  • Ryukyu Kingdom – Shō Boku (1752–1795)
• Joseon (Korea) – Yeongjo (1724–1776)
• Las Bela – Jam Ghulam, Shah (1765–1776)
• Kingdom of Nepal –
  1. Prithvi Narayan Shah (1768–1775), Maharajadhiraja of Nepal
  2. Pratap Singh Shah (1775–1777), Maharajadhiraja of Nepal
• Rampur State – Faizullah Khan, Nawab of Rampur (1774–1793)

Europe

• Principality of Abkhazia – Kelesh Begi (1747–1806)
• Andorra – Co-princes:
  • Joaquín de Santiyán y Valdivielso, Bishop of Urgell (1772–1779)
  • Louis XVI of France (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Denmark–Norway
  • Monarch – Christian VII (1766–1808)
  • Minister of State – Ove Høegh-Guldberg (1772–1784)
• Kingdom of France – Louis XVI (1774–1792)
• Kingdom of Great Britain –
  • Monarch – George III (1760–1820)
  • Prime Minister – Frederick North, 2nd Earl of Guilford (1770–1782)
• Holy Roman Empire – Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor (1765–1790)
  • Principality of Anhalt-Zerbst – Friedrich August (1747–1793)
  • Principality of Auersperg – Heinrich Joseph Johann (1713–1783)
  • Archduchy of Austria – Maria Theresia (1740–1780)
  • Margraviate of Baden-Durlach – Karl IV Friedrich (1738–1771, ruled all of Baden 1771–1811)
  • Electorate of Bavaria – Maximilian III (1745–1777)
  • County of Bentheim-Steinfurt – Karl Paul Ernst (1733–1780)
  • Kingdom of Bohemia – Maria Theresa (1740–1780)
  • Electorate of Brandenburg – Friedrich II of Prussia (1740–1786)
  • Duchy of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel – Karl I (1735–1780)
  • Essen Abbey – Francisca Christina von Pfalz-Sulzbach, Princess-Abbess of Essen (1726–1776)
  • Electorate of Hanover – Georg III, Elector of Hanover (1760–1814/1820)
  • County of Hohenlohe-Ingelfingen – Philipp Heinrich (1743–1764, prince 1764–1781)
  • County of Lippe-Biesterfeld – Friedrich Carl August (1736–1781)
  • County of Lippe-Weissenfeld – Ferdinand Johann (1736–1781)
  • Principality of Nassau-Usingen – Karl (1718–1775)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen – Johann, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Gelnhausen (1739–1780)
  • Electorate of the Palatinate – Karl IV Philipp Theodor (1742–1799)
  • Palatinate-Birkenfeld-Zweibrücken – Christian IV, Count Palatine of Zweibrücken (1735–1775)
  • Palatinate-Sulzbach – Karl Theodor, Count Palatine and Duke of Palatinate-Sulzbach (1733–1799)
  • County of Reuss-Ebersdorf – Heinrich XXIV (1747–1779)
  • County of Reuss-Lobenstein – Heinrich II (1739–1782)
  • County of Reuss-Schleiz – Heinrich XII (1744–1784)
  • Principality of Salm-Kyrburg – Philip Joseph (1742–1778)
  • Principality of Salm-Leuze – Philipp Joseph (1716–1779)
  • Duchy of Saxe-Hildburghausen – Ernst Friedrich III (1745–1780)
  • Electorate of Saxony – Friedrich August III (1763–1806/1827)
  • Weingarten Abbey – Domenicus II Schnitzer, Prince-Abbot of Weingarten (1746–1784)
  • Westerburg-Leiningen-Neu-Leiningen (Nassau Line) – Georg Karl I August Ludwig (1726–1787)
  • County of Wied – Johann Friedrich Alexander (1737–1784)
  • Duchy of Württemberg – Karl Eugen (1737–1793)
• Kingdom of Ireland – George III (1760–1820)
• Ottoman (Turkish) Empire
  • Sultan of the Ottoman Empire – Abdul Hamid I (1774–1789)
  • Grand Vizier –
    1. Izzet Mehmed Pasha (1774–1775)
    2. Moralı Dervish Mehmed Pasha (1775–1777)
• Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth – Stanisław August Poniatowski, King of Poland (1764–1795)
• Kingdom of Portugal and the Algarves –
  • Monarch – Joseph I (1750–1777)
  • Prime Minister – Sebastião José de Carvalho e Melo, Marquis of Pombal (1750–1777)
• Kingdom of Prussia – Frederick II (1740–1786)
• Russian Empire – Catherine II, Tsaritsa of Russia (1762–1796)
• Kingdom of Spain – Charles III (1759–1788)
• Kingdom of Sweden – Absolutism
  • Monarch – Gustav III (1771–1792)
• Grand Duchy of Tuscany – Peter Leopold I (1765–1790)
• United Provinces –
  • Estates of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1581–1795)
  • Stadtholder – William V, Prince of Orange, Stadtholder of Friesland, Groningen, Guelders, Holland, Overijssel, Utrecht, Zeeland (1751–1795)
    • Holland – Grand Pensionary Pieter van Bleiswijk of Holland (1772–1787)
• Republic of Venice – Alvise Giovanni Mocenigo, Doge of Venice (1763–1779)

Middle East and North Africa

• Abu Dhabi – Dhiyab bin Isa, Shaikh of Abu Dhabi (1761–1793)
• Quba Khanate – Fatali Khan (1758–1789)
• Sultanate of Morocco – Mohammed III (1757–1790)